Fountaine was serving a three-to-five-year stint at Wyoming's Casper Re-Entry Center for a burglary conviction when he escaped on December 28. Investigators said Fountaine climbed a wall and chain-link fence before getting into a car.

Authorities captured fugitive Richard Fountaine, 29, in Georgia on Friday. He escaped from Wyoming's Casper Re-Entry Center, where he was serving time for burglary, on December 28

Fountaine was found hiding near a pond in Georgia with Kimberly Belcher, 25, who worked at the facility. She is accused of giving him a cell phone and helping him escape

Belcher, an employee at the facility, is accused of giving Fountaine a cellphone and helping him escape.

Authorities said the pair were caught shortly before 1pm near a pond dam in Monroe County, Georgia, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Police said Friday that Fountaine and Belcher were found hiding face-down, while wearing 'full camo' and hoodies and they were apprehended without incident.

The pair were said to have been seen in Middle Georgia earlier in the week and were accused of a burglary in the area.

Authorities said that Fountaine (pictured) and Belcher were involved in a burglary in Middle Georgia the week prior to having been apprehended on Friday

Fountaine is said to have escaped from Wyoming's Casper Re-Entry Center by climbing a wall and chain-link fence, then getting into a car

Fountaine and Belcher were found face-down, wearing 'full camo' behind a pond dam near Highway 42 and Johnsonville Road in Monroe County, Georgia

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Police said they were able to connect Fountaine with a vehicle seen during a criminal trespass call, even though the car had not been been part of the nationwide alert for the fugitive, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.

It does not appear that either of them have relatives in Georgia and it is unknown how they managed to evade their captures while traveling across the country.

Authorities said that they would be facing charges in Georgia, but did not elaborate on what the charges would be.

It is unclear if they will be extradited to Wyoming at some point.

Fountaine was sentenced on the burglary charges in June 2017, according to Wyoming Department of Corrections records.